№119: Assessing the Security Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status and Prospects
№119: Assessing the Security Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Status and Prospects

Author(s): Filip Bryjka
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: BiH; security; situation; assessment; Russia; hybrid methods; Republika Srpska;
Summary/Abstract: The worsening internal problems in Bosnia, especially separatist tendencies in Republika Srpska, are being used by Russia in its hybrid methods to destabilise Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and impede its integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has contributed to the resumption of the political debate in BiH about membership in NATO, which is opposed by the Bosnian Serbs, who support military neutrality. In this situation, the importance of the EUFOR Althea mission is growing. Nevertheless, its personnel should be reinforced with specialists in countering hybrid threats.

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